the end we might pass to Heaven with all this
gear! But fie on the knave Death !-that will
come whether ye will or not; and when he hath
laid on the arrest, then foul worms will be busy
with this flesh, be it ever so fair and tender, and
the silly soul, I fear, shall be feeble, that it can
neither carry with it gold, garnishing, targating,
pearl, nor precious stone.? In the midst of these
speeches the Laird of Dun came out of the queen?s
HOLYROOD PALACE, THE REGENT MORAY?S HOUSE (ADJOINING THE PALACE, ON THE NORTH), THE ROYAL
GARDENS, AND ANCIENT HOROLOGE. (From U Drawinz6y Bh6,$pu6Zishedh 1826.)
created Duke of Albany, but he looked forward to
wearing the crown. His headstrong, dissolute,
foolish, and in many instances brutal disposition,
soon weakened the affections of the queen, and
her imprudent love for him, which had at one time ,
been so violent and generous, was-especially after
the murder of Rizzio-converted into abhorrence.
The appointment of the latter-said by Rymer to
be a pensioner of the Pope-to the important and
-cabinet, and requested him to go home; nor does
it appear that Mary took any further notice of his
.officious and uncalled - for, interference with her
-marriage.?
Soon after, another mob broke into the chapel
.royal during mass, but was driven out by the Provost,
the Laird of Pitarrow, and others, an event
which led to a futile trial of Knox before the Privy
Council.
Great events now followed each other fast, and
.on the 29th of July, 1565, Mary was married to
her wretched and dissipated cousin, the handsome
Darnley, at Stirling Castle, in which an apartment
.had been fitted up as a Roman Catholic chapel by
David Rizzio.
Three days before this Darnley had been
confidential office of secretary to the queen had
given great offence to the haughty noble$ of
Scotland ; and such was his influence over her, that
it has been more than once supposed that he
was her confessor in disguise, which, could it be
proved, would throw a new light on his history
and that of Mary, by accounting for his influence
over her, and her horror of his murderers. A footnote
to Actq Regia, vol. iv., says that ?he was
an old, crabbed, and deformed fellow, and that?twas
his loyalty and sagacity which made him so dear
to the queen.?? Thuanus too, says that notwithstanding
his mean origin she made him sit at
table with her every day. He certainly fitted up
the chapel for her marriage, and is known to
have had a brother, Joseph, said to be in holy?
THE PALACE OF HOLYROOD HOUSE (33), THE SOUTH AND NORTH GARDENS (33), THE ABBEY KIRK (2) AND THE KIRKYARD (2)
